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Home » Vol. 47 No. 3

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Vol. 47, No. 3

Issue of Oct. 26 – Nov. 1, 2017

Posted inReader

Print Issue of October 26, 2017

by Chicago Reader October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Rich Jones give a verse to the Chicago Mothman + more tricks and treats

Posted inBlogs

Toastamania: Halloween Havok collides rowdy bands and gonzo wrestling for the wildest show of the season

by Nicole Roberts October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago thrash band Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre headline the latest of their Toastamania debacles this Saturday in Pilsen.

Posted inBlogs

The Mothman cometh? My friend thinks he may have encountered Chicago’s new monster

by Ryan Smith October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

My friend Jeff saw something big flying over Lake Street this summer. Was it the Chicago Mothman?

Posted inFilm

Inside the sanatorium that produced outsider artist Henry Darger

by Ben Sachs October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

With Revolutions of the Night, documentary maker Mark Stokes uncovers the childhood trauma that inspired the controversial fabulist.

Posted inBlogs

The Illinois house failed to override Rauner’s veto of ‘right-to-work’ zone ban by one vote, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.

Posted inFilm

Studies in repressed sexuality: Lon Chaney’s The Unknown and Boris Karloff’s The Old Dark House

by J.R. Jones October 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Two psychologically loaded horror classics return for Halloween.

Posted inNews & Politics

A longtime Playboy editor on working for Hugh Hefner

by Anne Ford October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

“It wasn’t about the models for me. The mystique of the world I was living in was the writers,” says Barbara Nellis.

Posted inBlogs

Cooking with a hard-to-find Peruvian pepper

by Julia Thiel October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with aji amarillo, a South American pepper, chef Joshua Marrelli of Bakersfield Wood-Fired Grill experiments with every version he can find.

Posted inBlogs

Happy Death Day isn’t just a horror movie, it’s a kids’ movie

by Ben Sachs October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The latest from Blumhouse Productions is surefire hit with teen and preteen viewers.

Posted inArts & Culture

Behind the gory scenes of Splatter Theater

by Steve Heisler October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The Annoyance’s savagely funny 30-year-old slasher spoof is a triumph of a certain schlocky stagecraft.

Posted inArts & Culture

Arnie the Doughnut, Tangles and Plaques, and 11 more new stage shows to see

by Chicago Reader October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

A delightful kids’ show and a Neo-Futurist’s look at dementia are among this week’s best bets.

Posted inNews & Politics

For some youths, ‘minor’ offenses lead to major sentences in adult prison

by Duaa Eldeib October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Cases threaten to undermine Illinois’s efforts at juvenile justice reform.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Rahm’s budget speech filled with whoppers and half-truths

by Ben Joravsky October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

The mayor did what he does best: avoid reality and praise himself.

Posted inFood & Drink

Land & Lake Kitchen muddles midwestern cuisine

by Aimee Levitt October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

Mom and pop would scoff at the regional cliches of LM Restaurant Group’s new spot at the LondonHouse Hotel.

Posted inArts & Culture

Theater Oobleck invites you to enter a real hall of horrors

by Justin Hayford October 25, 2017August 18, 2021

It’s housing insecurity that haunts this Humboldt Park home.

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